• Southern First Bancshares named Bryan Kennedy to its board, effective June 1, 2026.
• Kennedy also joins Southern First Bank’s board, taking a seat on the Risk Committee.
• He recently retired from SouthState Bank, where he led the Northern Banking Group across North Carolina and Virginia.
• Kennedy founded Park Sterling Bank in 2006, later sold to SouthState in 2017.
• He has served as lead independent director at Cato Corp. since 2009.

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